ADB Sandbox Opportunity: Digital Twin for Smart Road Construction
ADB Sandbox Opportunity: Digital Twin for Smart Road Construction
Submit your solution to optimize road construction and maintenance projects by utilizing Digital Twin technology.
The Challenge
The road construction projects in Uzbekistan are currently using very old road safety standards that need to be updated. Digital technologies can help explore various design options using smart construction material, optimum design analysis, predictive maintenance scenarios and many more.
There is limited focus on environmental management and management of carbon emissions across the road sector. There is also no robust method of identifying investment priorities and monitoring road conditions resulting in design standards that do not give value for money.
ADB wants to hear your company’s proposed solution on how Digital Twin can be used to utilize smart construction material and smart pavement design that will assess road strength and sustainability and assess the environmental performance to make the most environment friendly decisions for the project.
This opportunity is under the ADB Digital Innovation Sandbox Program. Click here to learn more about available opportunities in the program.
Expected Deliverables
We are seeking to pilot test a digital tool using a Digital Twin platform to optimize road construction projects in Uzbekistan. Digital Twin provides insight into how a real-world asset behaves under a variety of conditions helping to improve decision making. Digital Twin helps to visualize, monitor, and optimize the asset process resources by harnessing live data. This provides vital real-time insight into performance and activity.
Capture Local Market Sources
The solution must be able to capture local material sources and help to optimize the design and impact on the construction cost.
Assess Initial and Fatigue Behavior of the Road Pavement
The solution must have the capability to assess initial and fatigue behavior of the road pavement under local climate constraints and traffic conditions. It must be able to focus on effective generative design to get to the right pavement option.
Assess the Environmental Performance
The solution must also be able to assess the environmental performance (carbon emission, natural resource consumption) with a carbon full life cycle assessment for each envisioned scenario, to make the most environment friendly decisions for the project.